11 Great Television Actors Who Have Never Won An Acting Emmy – Looper

Sofia Vergara was the highest-paid woman in television from 2013 to 2020 (Forbes). In 2020, Sofia Vergara was earning $500,000 per episode of “Modern Family,” the very popular ABC sitcom that launched her career and made her a household name. Vergara’s character on “Modern Family,” Gloria Pritchett, had a similar background to herself; having emigrated from Colombia to America and found various levels of personal and professional success thanks to her talent and charisma. 

Vergara was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards four years in a row (2010-2013), but she never actually went home with the statue, despite the otherwise widespread success of “Modern Family” overall at the Emmy Awards (Emmys). Over the course of its 11 seasons, “Modern Family” received 85 awards and nominations, with Vergara’s costars, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Eric Stonestreet, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson all winning in their acting categories — most of them more than once (Emmys). 

Gloria was “Modern Family’s” signature character, the one who was a little bit different from everything else in the show. Even though Vergara’s portrayal of Gloria can often be a very complex and contradictory character for many folks who identify as Latinx (Mic), Vergara still deserved to win an Emmy for her mad comedic chops.